International Consultant for Railway regulatory framework to Support MOT under NRSC.

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia- Expressway Development Support Project

This Request for Expression of Interest(RFEOI) is issued to recruit International Consultant for Railway regulatory framework to Support MOT under NRSC.

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST for

Railway Safety & Regulatory Specialist

(Individual Consultant)

REF No: MOT/RSDS/SR/04/09

FOR THE

FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT

EXPRESSWAY DEVOLOPMENT SUPPORT PROJECT

CREDIT No. 5625ET

The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the EXPRESSWAY DEVOLOPMENT SUPPORT PROJECT) Component-3: Road Safety and Institutional Development Support to the Transport Sector (RSIDP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the consulting services for Railway Safety & Regulatory Specialist (Individual Consultant)

The consulting services (“the Services”) include: Support of the Ministry of Transport for the establishment of the Railway Safety & Regulation Body/Department, outlining its structure and a definition of all its functions, prepare Railway safety & regulation laws, manuals, training materials, guidelines, and produce others related documents.

The Ministry of Transport now invites eligible individual consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

The short-listing criteria are:

	Criteria	Sub criteria
1	Qualifications and Skills	Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in relevant discipline such as Engineering, Economics, Management, Law and related.
2	Professional Experience	Minimum 20 years of proven experience in railway sector; Carrying out of at least one transport project in developing country; Extensive high-level experience and skills in railway safety and regulatory project identification and preparation, implementation and public sector institutional review functions in both developing and developed countries;
3	Local knowledge	A good knowledge of rail transport challenges in developing country

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers January 2011 Revised July 2014 (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines referred to above.

Consultants may obtain further information from the address below during office hours: 9:00 -11:30 hours,14:00 – 16:30 hours from Monday to Thursday, and 8:30 A.M -11:30 A.M and 14:00 –16:30 hours on Friday.

Expression of Interest must be delivered in written form to the address below on or before Friday September 14, 2018, 4:00P.M.

The Fderal Democractic Republic of Ethiopia

Ministry of Transport

Road Safety and Institutional Development Support

Project Implementation Unit(PIU)

Opposite to Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, Churchill Street,

Near Ethiopian Postal services Enterprise

P. O. Box: 1238, 4th floor

Telephone:- :+251 911982529

E-mail:- wendradgedlu@gmail.com

CC: gcfeleke@gmail.com

Attention: Mr. Wendrad Gedlu,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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